Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jun 1, 2011
TRAPPED ON A TRAM
It was a beautiful sunny day in Ostrava, Czech Republic, a city of 300,000. It was 1995, and I had just moved there to take an intense Czech language course. After half a day of Czech grammar, I was tired. I got on the tram and spaced out for my 20-minute ride to the suburbs
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Lutheran
Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jan 15, 2012
DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING
A high school teen came home from school to find his mother in the kitchen making supper. She asked what was new in school today. He said that a lot of the teens in his class were saying that the world was going to end that night and I was wondering what you
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 19, 2012
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
Flotsam and jetsam are commonly used terms. They are used to describe the wreckage and debris that floats in the water after a shipwreck. What isn't so well known is that there is a difference between flotsam and jetsam.
Flotsam is anything that ends up in the water resulting
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Brethren
Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jun 20, 2013
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TWO MILES OF DITCH
I was headed home late from a wedding reception and had about a two hour drive when a friend said to me, "Remember that for every mile you drive there are two miles of ditch".
I was in the car before that really sunk in, and then it hit me, for every path we walk, there are
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What is the Bible?
"THIS BOOK contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners and the happiness of believers.
Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable.
Read it to be wise, believe it to be
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Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007
I believe that most everyone in this audience remembers Jim Jones of the Peoples’ Temple Church, or at least have read about him or saw the movie about him. The reason he had so many FOLLOWERS when he began his MINISTRY was because he had CONCERN for people—a GENUINE CONCERN. He showed them
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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I’m reminded of a story I heard once about an Indian, He was sitting on the corner and kept saying thank you Jesus. Somebody came to the Indian and asked Him why do keep thanking Jesus? You lost everything you had. They killed your family, they took your land. Why do you keep thanking Jesus?
The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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On the NASCAR circuit, they have their own form of church called the MRO (Motor Racing Outreach). Nascar great Darrell Waltrip helped found this organization and he commented that Nascar is a dangerous commercialized place and they can’t always get away to go back to their church. He said: “If you
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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In Coping With Your Own Death.
1. WINSTON CHURCHILL had planned his funeral, which took place in Saint Paul’s Cathedral. He included many of the great hymns of the church and used the eloquent Anglican liturgy. At his direction a bugler, positioned high in the dome of Saint Paul’s, intoned, after
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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THE FLAG AND THE CROSS - Several times during my ministry I shared in military funerals. Finally a very significant lesson dawned. I’ve seen military funerals on the news, and have participated in six or seven across the years. And not once have I seen the American flag go down with the deceased.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Thirdly, and finally, we need to rise with Jesus, the Christ I don’t know if any of you knew this; but, the late great Prime Minister and British Statesman, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965), arranged his own funeral. There were stately hymns in St Paul’s Cathedral, in London,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Aunt Lucy was losing her hearing and the doctor recommended surgery to correct it. She promptly vetoed the idea saying, “I’m 94 years old and I’ve already heard enough.”
Mike was watching the last part of the TV show when his Dad called down the basement steps, “Mike Come up for dinner”
Mike
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Contributed by Gary Kins on Jun 21, 2007
1. Ray O’Conner - Ultimate Night Fisherman - He loved to fish and he loved to teach others how to fish.
Owned the home we lived in in Aurora Wisconsin when I was a boy.
Ultimate Bullhead Fisherman -
Knew where - Favorite sloughs (off the Menomenie River seprating Wisconsin from Michigan?) ...
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Charles Newman on Aug 10, 2007
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A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.
Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of
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